Samuel claeke



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S. CLARKE.

y CANDLE LAMP. No. 388,861. Patented June 5, 1888.

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NTE STATES' ATENT Fries.

SAMUEL CLARKE, OF CHILDS HILL VORKS, LONDON, COUNTY OF MIDDLE- SEX, ENGLAND.

CANDLE-LAMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 383,861, dates Jun@ 5.18am.

Application filed Apil 6, 1887. Serial No. 233,904. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it knownthat I, SAMUEL CLARKE, of

Childs Hill OrkS, London, 4in the county of Middlesex, England, have invented a certain 5 new and useful Improvement in Candle-Lamps,

of which the following is a speeiiieation.

My invention relates to an improvement in candle-lamps of the class shown in United States Letters Patent No. 352,296, granted me to November 9, 1886.

The lamps are preferably made of glass, but f may be composed of porcelain, or equivalent material, through which light from the eandles will pass sufficient freely to givea bright t5 and luminous appearance to the lamps.

In accordance with my presentinvention, the lamps are provided with dish-like bases -having central tubular posts, and the domes rest upon outwardly-projecting iianges of the zo lamp-oups, which iianges serve also to support the lamp-cups within the tubular posts, as hereinafter described, preparatory to specific designation bythe claim ot' the subject-matter deemed novel.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a vertical central section of a complete candle-lamp as I prefer to construct it, with a modification indicated by dotted lines; and Fig. 2 is a plan view with the dome omitted. The baseA is shown as of dish-like outline, and as formed with a central tubular post, B, extending somewhat higher than the sides of the base, from which it curves upward. The base may be given an ornamental appearance in any appropriate way-as, for instance, by the scalloping or liutingof its sides, as shown.

Alampeup, C, is provided with an outwardly-projecting flange, D, by which it is supported within the tubular post, the iange rest-4 4o ing on the post. As shown, the ilange is doubly shouldered and radially corrugated on its upper surface, the shoulders d d extending around the iange and being within the upwardly-projecting outer portion or rim e of the iiange. A candle-holder is formed by a 'cup, F, within the lamp-cup. This cup is shown as separate from the lamp-cup, but

may be made integral therewith. The dome E is supported by resting at its base upon the 5o ange within its rim, and air is admitted beneath the dome by way of the inlet-passages provided by the' corrugations ofthe flange.

I do not wish to be understood as restricting my improvement solely to corrugations uponrthe upper surface of thelamp-cup flange,

as this surface may be made irregular in any suitable way, so as to provide tor the admis sion of air; or air may be admitted by openings through the flange, and instead of the two shoulders shown a single shoulder only may 6o be provided. By forming two shoulders,however, provision is made for supporting domes ot different sizes. In Fig. 1, the dotted lines represent a small dome supported upon the lamp-cup ange within its inner shoulder. Obviously, instead of a'continuous ange, or one entirely surrounding the lamp-eup, an in,- terrupted iiange, or one composed of a number ot' short sections or lugs with spaces between them, may be provided.

The lamp cup may be ornamentcd by dut4v ing or corrugating its flange, asatf, orin other suitable way. i

It will be seen that the lamp made of glass or any suitable translucent material maybe tinted or colored, as desired, so as to serve not only for illuminating purposes, but asa handsome decorative device, and that it may be used as a receptacle for 'flowers or other articles, whieh,when placed in the receptaelepro- 8o vided in the base aboutthe tubularpost,would add to its attractiveness. v

Having thus fully described my improved eandle-lamp,what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- 85 The combination ot the base having the open-ended tubular post and provided with the receptacle about the post, the lamp-cup having the outwardlyprojecting flange by which it is supported upon and within the 9o post, and the dome resting upon thelamp-cup tiange, these parts being separable and composed of translucent material, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed myname.

SAMUEL CLARKE.

. Witnesses:

GEO. J. B. FRANKLIN, HERBERT E. DALE, Both of No. 17 Gracechurch Street, London, 

